Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Quotes

Adieu, dit le renard. Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.

Es triste olvidar a un amigo y volverse como los adultos que se interesan por los números

Why should anyone be frightened by a hat?

It's hard luck always having to be a judge.

I need to put up with two or three caterpillars if I want to get to know the butterflies. Apparently they're very beautiful.

What he had yearned to embrace was not the flesh but a down spirit, a spark, the impalpable angel that inhabits the flesh.

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.

That's right' said the fox. 'To me, you are still just a little boy like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you have no need of me, either. To you, I am just a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, we shall need one another,. To me, you will be unique. And I shall be unique to you.

Watch out for the Baobabs!

les yeux sont aveugles. Il faut chercher avec le coeur.

The Little Prince : What are you doing there?
The Tippler : I am drinking.

The Little Prince : Why are you drinking?
The Tippler : So that I may forget.

The Little Prince : Forget what?
The Tippler : Forget that I am ashamed.

The Little Prince : Ashamed of what?
The Tippler : Ashamed of drinking!

It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.

Adiós — le dijo a la flor. Pero esta no respondió. — Adiós — repitió el principito.
La flor tosió, pero no porque estuviera resfriada. — He sido una tonta — le dijo al fin la flor — . Perdóname. Procura ser feliz..
Se sorprendió por la ausencia de reproches y quedó desconcertado, con el fanal en el aire, no comprendiendo esta tranquila mansedumbre. — Sí, yo te quiero — le dijo la flor — , ha sido culpa mía que tú no lo sepas; pero eso no tiene importancia. Y tú has sido tan tonto como yo. Trata de ser feliz... — Y no prolongues más tu despedida. Puesto que has decidido partir, vete de una vez. La flor no quería que la viese llorar: era una flor tan orgullosa...

Aqueles que passam por nós não vão sós, não nos deixam sós. Deixam um pouco de si, levam um pouco de nós

,Grown-ups love figures. When you describe a new friend to them, they never ask you about the important things. They never say 'What's his voice like? What are his favourite games? Does he collect butterflies?' Instead they demand 'How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much does his father earn?' Only then do they feel they know him. If you say to the grown-ups: 'I've seen a lovely house made of pink brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the rood', they are unable to picture such a house. You must say: I saw a house that come a hundred thousand francs.' Then they cry out: 'How pretty!'
Again, you might say to them: 'The proof that the little prince existed is that he was enchanting, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. When someone wants a sheep, it is proof that they exist.' The grown-ups will merely shrug their shoulders, and treat you like a child. But if you tell them: 'The planet he came from is Asteroid B 612', then they will be convinced, and will spare you all their question. That is how they are. You must not hold it against them. Children have to be very indulgent towards grown-ups.